Wii U Sells 40,000 Units In UK During Its Opening Weekend

The Wii U managed to sell 40,000 units in the United Kingdom during the first 48 hours of the console going on sale. Sources have told MCV that the majority of stock that retailers had secured have sold out. Stock is apparently filtering through retail at a trickle but should pick up in the New Year. Sales of the console could have been higher if Nintendo had provided more stock.

Pretty sure it’s not true, i know it’s in stock in many places. It’s a bomba (though it has done absolutely fine in USA to be fair). BUT that’s good, Nintendo will go panic mode and we’ll get more stuff to hear soon at E3 (or before).
Also UK isn’t all Europe

Its not the stock… We have plenty of wii Us here, but nobody cares for a 400 euro console (500+ bucks), that is nothing special from the current ones… Nintendo must face the truth. The earlier release of wii U in the US, gave us a very good sample of user comments and what wii U finally is… at least for me, does not appeal to me.
I dont decline the console, but if “as they say” its a next gen… prove it… lol

It is not “next gen” when people are talking about specs, which is clearly what the term “next-gen” is being used as in virtually every scenario the Wii U is being mentioned.

Then some smartass (or at least an attempt to be one) proceeds to make this very kind of comment right here, when they KNEW what “next-gen” is being used as in the context.

Let it be known now that everyone knows what a “new hardware generation means”, they however are not talking about release dates and it’s clear the majority do not consider the Wii U, hardware-wise, next-gen. Just like the Wii wasn’t.

So it’s not next gen???? So take call of duty/ AC3 for an example…. It took ps3 about 5 years to produce those graphics….and for THE WII U… THE FIRST DAY!!!!! LMAO at who ever says it’s not next gen HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

Have you seen for example cry-engine.. the way it runs on 360 and ps3 and the way it runs on a PC..? If ue4 is about to run “that way” no thanks.. lol Look at the comparison.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_1mcnH2yQ

you’re an idiot. a next generation console is just one that succeeds a previous console. while actually playing games, they obviousky look better than previous consoles, and guess what, ITS FUCKING NEW! so it is a next generation console, saying that it’s not is fucking retarded. and you still check up on a blog about a company you hate? nice to know you still dont have a life.

ugh, have you even played a wii u? who am i kidding, ofcourse not. well anyway, if you compare the likes of assassins creed 3 and batman arkham city side by side with the same games on the xbox360, they run smoother, and have better visuals with updated antialiasing, higher resolution textures, better lighting, and even directx11ish fabric tesselation. and the fact that you can pause your game at any time and go on the internet and watch youtube videos or check miiverse, go on the eshop, and jump right back into your game is nothing special right? god damn you’re dense.

Its not the stock… We have plenty of wii Us here, but nobody cares for a 400 euro console (500+ bucks), that is nothing special from the current ones… Nintendo must face the truth. The earlier release of wii U in the US, gave us a very good sample of user comments and what wii U finally is… at least for me, does not appeal to me.
I dont decline the console, but if “as they say” its a next gen… prove it… lol

i got the piss ripped out of me at work for buying the wii u. one guy said it was for kiddie’s and another guy ironically asked if it was a new controller for the wii. same thing happened when i met up with my mate’s on saturday night, there was about 20 blokes taking the piss out of me and my mate who also got one.